Improvement in mirror-holders



w. SIMPSON.

Mirror-Holders.

No. 140,851. Patentedluly15fl873.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM SIMPSON, OF BERLIN, CANADA.

IMPROVEMENT IN MIRROR-HOLDERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 140,851, dated July 15,1873; application filed March 1, 1873.

is a specification:

The figure is a perspective view of my invention suspended on the walland holding the mirror in an inclined position.

The object of my invention is to supply a neat and simple device bywhich amirror may be suspended at any desirable inclination toward thewall, to suit the height of aperson in shaving and for other purposes,so as to use the mirror as a toilet-glass whenever it is required. Theinvention consists of aV-shaped holder, of strong wire, bent forward andattached to the sides of the frame of the mirror in such a manner thatthe same may be inclined at pleasure.

In the drawing, A is the frame of the mirror, in the sides of whichsuitable holes are made for the admission of the supporter or holder B.The holder B is bent of strong wire in the shape of a reversed suspendedV, with equal sides I) at its apex a, formed in the shape of a roundeye, so as to be suspended to the hook driven into the wall. The legs bof the holder B are bent forward under nearly a right angle, and theseabutting extensions d again bent toward the inside under a right angleso as to enter the holes 6 at the sides of the frame.

The abutting parts d allow of a free-andeasy motion of the mirror, itslower frame resting thereby on the wall, the mirror inclining in anyposition desired by the person using it. The ends of extensions d mayalso be bent in the form of a ring and attached, by means of screws, tothe frame, especially when the mirror is large and heavy, requiringgreater friction to keep in place. The mirror is thereby quicklytransformed into a toilet-glass; and it may be adjusted so as to reflectevery part of the body.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent A wire-holder, B, having a loop-apex, or, equal sidesb b, and extensions d, with end 0, arranged and applicable as and forthe purpose described.

WILLIAM SIMPSON. Witnesses:

O. E. PETERSON,

ISRAEL D. BOWMAN.

